Hobart Court 60 South Park Hill Road South Croydon CR2 7DW

1. 1.By reason of its layout, siting, scale and access arrangement, the proposal would result in an obtrusive form of development, appearing visually dominant and substantially changing the character and appearance of the site and its setting. The proposal would fail to positively respond to local distinctiveness and would have an unacceptable impact on the visual amenities of the area, contrary to Policy D3 of the London Plan, Policies SP4 and DM10 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018), and the provisions of the NPPF.
2. 2.By reason of its layout, siting , scale and access arrangement, the proposal would result in an intrusive form of development causing harmful and unneighbourly impacts in terms of outlook, loss of light and loss of amenity space for the neighbours at nos. 58, 60 and 68 South Park Hill Road. The development is therefore contrary to Policy D3 of the London Plan 2021 and Policy DM10 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018), and the provisions of the NPPF.
3. 3.The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the proposal would provide adequate fire safety measures involving suitable access and facilities by reason of the siting and access contrary to Policy D12 of the London Plan 2021.
4. 4.The proposal fails to demonstrate that well designed accessible cycle and bin storage (including storage area for bulk waste) and suitable delivery and servicing arrangements due to poor access and siting at a significant distance from the public highway to the rear of the existing block of flats at Hobart Court resulting in highway and pedestrian safety. Therefore the proposal would be contrary to Policies DM29, DM30 and DM13 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018) and T4, T5 and T6.1 of the London Plan (2021).
5. 5.The proposal development fails to demonstrate that it would not result in an overspill of parking to the CPZ from the garages, due to the lack of information within the Transport Survey on any parking taking place within the garages at the time of the survey or within the garages overall and what impact such dispersal on to the public highway would have on the transport survey results. Therefore the proposal would be contrary to Policies DM29, DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018) and T4, T5 of the London Plan (2021).
6. 6.The applicant has failed to secure through an appropriate mechanism (such as a Section 106 agreement) appropriate mitigations and obligations to ensure compliance with policy in respect to Sustainable Transport, contrary to Croydon Local Plan (2018) policies SP8 and DM29 and London Plan (2021) policies T4 and T9. As a result, the application fails to ensure that the appropriate off-site infrastructure is provided to mitigate its impacts.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

CR2 7DW

Application type

Outline planning permission

Scale / size

Small

Date validated

9 January 2026

Consultation expiry

8 February 2026

Consultation start

9 January 2026

Neighbour consultation start

16 January 2026

Neighbour consultation end

8 February 2026

Target decision date

6 March 2026

Agent

CM Design Consultants Ltd

Agent address

Unit 7 Mulberry Place Pinnell Road London SE9 6AR

Statutory period

56 days

Site notice start

13 January 2026

Site notice end

3 February 2026

Planning Portal ID

PP-14530330

Documents

19

Constraints

14